The third annual “Bringing Back the American Small Farm 2018” conference is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 8-9 at the Civic Center in West Plains.
This year’s conference will feature Joel Salatin and family from the innovative and highly successful Polyface Farm in Swoope, Va. The Salatins have led the clean food, know-your-farmer, animal welfare and living farming movements since their inception.
Registration is open for the exclusive presentation of “Polyface You” the morning of March 8. Call 417-255-7966 for details.
Event organizers said the conference also will include 30 additional workshops featuring experts on such topics as beekeeping, no-till organic farming for improving soil and plant health, fall/winter farming extension, high and low tunnels/greenhouses for year-round production, low input cost farming, tapping trees for syrup, soap making, agri-tourism for additional income, blacksmithing, other ways to create income from small acreage and how to contribute to the regional food supply using whatever land resources are available.
“Whether it’s a backyard garden area or 100 acres, the conference will provide the information attendees need to start producing local foods,” organizers said.
For more information or to register, log onto AmericanSmallFarm.com or call event coordinator Patrice Jennings at 417-293-0590.